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At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to read more
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
