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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.