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It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.
Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
