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Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
