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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
