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Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
