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How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
A child correct behind and not before.
A child correct behind and not before.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
