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The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
