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The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
