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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
