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If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.
If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.