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Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
 She only said, My life is dreary,
 He cometh not, she said;
  She said I am aweary, read more 
 She only said, My life is dreary,
 He cometh not, she said;
  She said I am aweary, aweary,
   Oh God, that I were dead. 
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
 This even-handed justice
 Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
  To our own lips.  
 This even-handed justice
 Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
  To our own lips. 
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
 Great actions are not always true sons
 Of great and mighty resolutions.  
 Great actions are not always true sons
 Of great and mighty resolutions. 
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.