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Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.