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No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.