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 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls 
of the air, and they shall read more 
 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls 
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes 
of the sea shall declare unto thee. 
 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that 
which is done is that which read more 
 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that 
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new 
thing under the sun. 
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
 They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to 
lawyers.]  
 They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to 
lawyers.]