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Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
The command of custome is great.
The command of custome is great.
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.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.