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Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?