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No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
