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O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
