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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.