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Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
