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He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
