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Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All that shakes falles not.
All that shakes falles not.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.