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The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
