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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
