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The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
