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The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Stay a little and news will find you.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
