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Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
