Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.

Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.

Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.

Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.

A woman conceales what shee knowes not.

A woman conceales what shee knowes not.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.