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Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
