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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
