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Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
