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Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.