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Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
