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How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.