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The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
