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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.