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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
