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Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.