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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
