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That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
All is not gold that glisters.
All is not gold that glisters.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
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Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?