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A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out
at the back.
While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out
at the back.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.
