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He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
