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Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
