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That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Never less alone, than when alone.
