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He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
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There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
