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It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
