A City that parlies is half gotten.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.

He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.

He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.

With winsome cruelty she refuses.

With winsome cruelty she refuses.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.