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Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
