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Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Good horses make short miles.
Good horses make short miles.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
