No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

I'll have a fling.

I'll have a fling.

It's not good fishing before the net.

It's not good fishing before the net.

Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.

Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

A good prayer is master of anothers purse.

A good prayer is master of anothers purse.