Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.

I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.

I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.

Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.