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The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
