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Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
 In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust 
another.  
 In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust 
another. 
 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, 
it is a tree of life.  
 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, 
it is a tree of life. 
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
 He would stroke
 The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
  That blushed at its own praise.  
 He would stroke
 The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
  That blushed at its own praise. 
 He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his 
love of possessing wealth.  
 He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his 
love of possessing wealth. 
 I am not now in fortune's power,
 He that is down can fall no lower.  
 I am not now in fortune's power,
 He that is down can fall no lower. 
 He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, 
nor wise at 50, read more 
 He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, 
nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.