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Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
