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Trouthe wil out maugre of fals enuye,
Rihtwysnesse may nat ben hid certeyn,
As for a tyme it may been ovirleyn.

— John Lydgate

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Woord is but wynd; leff woord and tak the dede.

All is not golde that outward shewith bright.

All is not golde that shewyth goldishe hewe.

Harde to likke hony out of a marbil stoon,
For ther is nouthir licour nor moisture.

The wheel of Fortune tourneth as a ball;
Sodeyn clymbyng axeth a sodeyn fall.

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