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The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
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If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
