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Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.