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He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
