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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
