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To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
