The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.

One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
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He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.