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Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Never less alone, than when alone.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
