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Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
