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A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when
Lady, the brach, may stand by read more
Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when
Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.