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Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.