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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]