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Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
