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Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
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.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
