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Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
