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The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
 None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most 
delighted.  
 None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most 
delighted. 
 Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
 That he suspects none.  
 Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
 That he suspects none. 
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
 Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: 
when out of place they are offensive.  
 Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: 
when out of place they are offensive. 
 The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
 Make instruments to plague us.  
 The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
 Make instruments to plague us. 
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.