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We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.