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I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
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?
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.