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Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
