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Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
