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There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.