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A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
