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A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
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If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
