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The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?