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To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
