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It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
