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On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
