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An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
