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My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
