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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
