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In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.