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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.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
