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Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
He that sends a foole expects one.
He that sends a foole expects one.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.