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The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
