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What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
