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Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
All is not gold that glisters.
All is not gold that glisters.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
