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No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
