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So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
