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Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
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 that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
Consider the end.
Consider the end.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.