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We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.