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Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
