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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
