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No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
