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Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Even a child is known by his doings.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.
The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.
