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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, 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.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
