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That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
After supper walk a mile.
After supper walk a mile.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
