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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.