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Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.