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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
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.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.