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It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
