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For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
