Let none say, I will not drinke water.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.

There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.

The body is sooner drest then the soule.

The body is sooner drest then the soule.

No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.

Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.

A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.

A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.