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There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
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.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to
those that have a blow).
It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to
those that have a blow).
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
