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The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
