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I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
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.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
