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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
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The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.