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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.