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There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
