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Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out
at the back.
While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out
at the back.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
