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He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
Success brings many to ruin.
Success brings many to ruin.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
