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Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.