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Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
