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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.