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Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
