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Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
 Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
 But to the earth some special good cloth give.  
 Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
 But to the earth some special good cloth give. 
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
 So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
 Discomfort swells.  
 So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
 Discomfort swells. 
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
 He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at 
him.  
 He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at 
him.