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When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
