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A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.