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She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
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She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For which small thanks are still the market price,
Even where the article at highest rate is.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.