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What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
