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Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
 The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of 
a farthing sixe pence.  
 The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of 
a farthing sixe pence. 
 The sweetest honey
 Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
  And in the taste confounds the appetite.  
 The sweetest honey
 Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
  And in the taste confounds the appetite. 
 To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in 
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more 
 To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in 
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.] 
 There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
 Of pleasure unembitter'd;
  And not a trapping deck'd my read more 
 There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
 Of pleasure unembitter'd;
  And not a trapping deck'd my power,
   That gall'd not while it glitter'd. 
 Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
 And out hearts, though stout and brave,
  Still, like muffled read more 
 Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
 And out hearts, though stout and brave,
  Still, like muffled drums, are beating
   Funeral marches to the grave. 
Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.