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Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.