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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
