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Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? read more
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
