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By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
