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As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
