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O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
