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Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
