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The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
