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Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
