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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
