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A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
