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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
