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From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
