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A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
