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Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
