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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
