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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.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
There is great force hidden in a sweet command.
There is great force hidden in a sweet command.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.