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 When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make 
up his mind to be read more 
 When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make 
up his mind to be a little thrashed himself. 
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
 (That last infirmity of noble mind)
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 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
 (That last infirmity of noble mind)
  To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
   But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
    And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
     Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
      And slits the thin-spun life. 
 He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part 
if attacked by another, that read more 
 He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part 
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel. 
 The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick 
sleepes.  
 The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick 
sleepes.