The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

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.

Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

Nae man can tether time nor tide.

Nae man can tether time nor tide.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

Every ill man hath his ill day.

Every ill man hath his ill day.