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Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
 You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a 
grief in store for yourself.]  
 You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a 
grief in store for yourself.] 
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
 There's not a string attuned to mirth,
 But has its chord in melancholy.  
 There's not a string attuned to mirth,
 But has its chord in melancholy. 
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
 The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, 
leaving the secrets of nature to those read more 
 The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, 
leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.