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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.