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Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
