The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]

Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]

I have other fish to fry.

I have other fish to fry.

Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.

Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.

Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.

Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.