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To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one read more
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
