This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
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Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the weak.

The way to good conduct is never too late.

The way to good conduct is never too late.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.