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Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
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.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
