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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
