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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
