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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
