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If you must flie, flie well.
If you must flie, flie well.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
