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Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.