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Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
He that will be served must bee patient.
He that will be served must bee patient.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely read more
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and
passion.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
