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The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.
She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
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She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For which small thanks are still the market price,
Even where the article at highest rate is.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
