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What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
