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The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
