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Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
