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Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.