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He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
