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What mare's nest hast thou found?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
