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One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
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?]
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.