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Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
