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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
He that will be served must bee patient.
He that will be served must bee patient.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
