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No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
