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Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely read more
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and
passion.
