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No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
