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The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
 Gluttony kills more then the sword.
 [Gluttony kills more than the sword.]  
 Gluttony kills more then the sword.
 [Gluttony kills more than the sword.] 
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
 We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh 
till your hearts ake.  
 We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh 
till your hearts ake. 
 Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
 Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.  
 Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
 Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason. 
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.