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Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
