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Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
The best bred have the best portion.
The best bred have the best portion.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.