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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
