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The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.