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The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.


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It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon.

It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon.



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When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.



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The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.



Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.

Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.



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He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.



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Lips are no part of the head, only made for a double-leaf door for the mouth.





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