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Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
