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The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
