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Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
Evening words are not like to morning.
Evening words are not like to morning.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
