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Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
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.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
