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Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.