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Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
