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Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.