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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
