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Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
