The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.

The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.