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But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
