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The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
