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Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
 It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave 
fault to speak of matters read more 
 It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave 
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent. 
 I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
 [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]  
 I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
 [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.] 
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
 Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its 
approach.  
 Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its 
approach. 
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.