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Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
