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Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
