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The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
All came from, and will goe to others.
All came from, and will goe to others.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
