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To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
