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I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.