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Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.