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Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
 Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of 
the thing.  
 Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of 
the thing. 
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
 Worship and birth to me are known
 By look, by bearing, and by tone,
  Not by furred read more 
 Worship and birth to me are known
 By look, by bearing, and by tone,
  Not by furred robe, or broidered zone. 
 The maxims of men reveal their characters.
 [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]  
 The maxims of men reveal their characters.
 [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.] 
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
 You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be 
certain to re-appear.  
 You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be 
certain to re-appear.