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One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
