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The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of read more
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.