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Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
