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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
