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Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.