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What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
