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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Where there is peace, God is.
Where there is peace, God is.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
