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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.