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Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
