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When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
