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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
None but the brave deserve the fair.