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A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
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A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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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.
A small heart hath small desires.
A small heart hath small desires.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
