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Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
A man perfect to the finger tips.
A man perfect to the finger tips.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
