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Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.
If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.