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Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
