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Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
