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To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
