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A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.