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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.