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We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.