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An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
There are many waies to fame.
There are many waies to fame.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.