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Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
