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One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
