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Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
