Wode has erys, felde has sigt.

Wode has erys, felde has sigt.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.