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No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
