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Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short read more
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
