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No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
He that hath the grace of God, hath wealth enough.
He that hath the grace of God, hath wealth enough.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
