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Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
All that shakes falles not.
All that shakes falles not.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
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One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.