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What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
