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Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
