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What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
