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Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.