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He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
