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Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
