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When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, read more
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
