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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.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
