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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
