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If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to read more
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
