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Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
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Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
