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Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
 Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
 In deepest consequence.  
 Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
 In deepest consequence. 
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
 A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men 
cannot pull out.  
 A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men 
cannot pull out.