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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.