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His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.