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Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.