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For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
