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Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
