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Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.