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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.