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O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.