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The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
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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.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
