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Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
