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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
