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The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.