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The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.