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A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
 In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
 [In every country the sun rises in the morning.]  
 In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
 [In every country the sun rises in the morning.] 
 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. 
 No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to 
bee buried there.  
 No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to 
bee buried there. 
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
 She was one of those who by fortune's boon
 Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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 She was one of those who by fortune's boon
 Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
  In her mouth, not a wooden ladle. 
 But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
 How soon they find fit instruments of ill.  
 But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
 How soon they find fit instruments of ill. 
Live according to your income.
Live according to your income.
 He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial 
halter.  
 He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial 
halter.