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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.