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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.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
