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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.