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Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
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.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make read more
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make it at least, a merry-go-round,
By--sending the wine round too.