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Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.