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A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Know all and you will pardon all.
Know all and you will pardon all.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before read more
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
