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To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
