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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;
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When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;
When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
Untimely storms makes men expect a dearth.
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.
