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A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
