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The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
