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Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
