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He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
