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Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
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Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.