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So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.