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A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
