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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
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.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
