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Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
 Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget 
it.  
 Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget 
it. 
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
 Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his 
girdle.  
 Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his 
girdle. 
 They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
 And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.  
 They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
 And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces. 
 No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory 
perusal.  
 No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory 
perusal. 
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.