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'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
