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The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
