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Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
