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It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
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But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.