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Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.