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If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
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.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
