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In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
