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To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
