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In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
