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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
 Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
 [Whose house is of glass, must not throw read more 
 Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
 [Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.] 
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
 Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the 
hollowness of your heart.  
 Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the 
hollowness of your heart. 
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
That which two will, takes effect.
That which two will, takes effect.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.