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Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
