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Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
