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The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
