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Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
