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You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.