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Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.