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All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
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.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
