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Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
