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The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
Without businesse debauchery.
Without businesse debauchery.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
The faulty stands on his guard.
The faulty stands on his guard.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.