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In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
Here's metal more attractive.
Here's metal more attractive.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.