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None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
