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Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.