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What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
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.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
