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Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.