Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

The honied tongue hath its poison.

The honied tongue hath its poison.

Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]

Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]

He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
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He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the read more

They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.

Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.

If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.

If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.