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Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.