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Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
 Let every eye negotiate for itself
 And trust no agent.  
 Let every eye negotiate for itself
 And trust no agent. 
 Why, then the world's mine oyster,
 Which I with sword will open.  
 Why, then the world's mine oyster,
 Which I with sword will open. 
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
 He would stroke
 The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
  That blushed at its own praise.  
 He would stroke
 The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
  That blushed at its own praise. 
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
 You cannot know wine by the barrell.
 [You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]  
 You cannot know wine by the barrell.
 [You cannot know the wine by the barrel.] 
 Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a 
chief part.  
 Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a 
chief part.