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It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
