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A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
