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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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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.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
