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One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.
The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
