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When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
