One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
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Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
