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Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
