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Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
