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I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
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.
