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A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
