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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
