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Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."
