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Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
