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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
