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The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
