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A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.
[The Friar preached against stealing, and read more
The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.
[The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his
sleeve.]
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
