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When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
