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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
