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Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.