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A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
