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No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
