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I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.