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For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
