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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
