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We are fooles one to another.
We are fooles one to another.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
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.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
