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The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
Great paines quickly find ease.
Great paines quickly find ease.