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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
What is the matter with Kansas?
What is the matter with Kansas?
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
