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A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
All is not gold that glisters.
All is not gold that glisters.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.