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If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.
[The Friar preached against stealing, and read more
The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.
[The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.]
Love and life are for to-day.
Love and life are for to-day.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.