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Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]