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Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
