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Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
