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Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
