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When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
