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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.