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A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
