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The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
