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You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.