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Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.