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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
