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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
