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The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
