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Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
