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He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
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Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
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.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
What is the matter with Kansas?
What is the matter with Kansas?
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
