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If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
