A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more

He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,

Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.