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True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
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With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.