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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
