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Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
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.
