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God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
