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That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
 Often a silent face has voice and words.
 [Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]  
 Often a silent face has voice and words.
 [Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.] 
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
 Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, 
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more 
 Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, 
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.