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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.