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They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
Laughter holding both his sides.
Laughter holding both his sides.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.