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He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
