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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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.
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
