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Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
Councell breakes not the head.
Councell breakes not the head.
