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Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
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.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
