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Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
To a child all weather is cold.
To a child all weather is cold.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.