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Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
