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Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
