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The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
