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Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.