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Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.