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Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
