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There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
