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An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
