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No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his read more
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
