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Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
