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To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Seeing is different than being told.
Seeing is different than being told.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
He that will be served must bee patient.
He that will be served must bee patient.
