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Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
