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Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
