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Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
