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Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
