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Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
