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Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.