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In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
