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It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
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Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
