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Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
