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Better be a foole then a knave.
Better be a foole then a knave.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
