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Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.