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The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
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.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
