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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
