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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!