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It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
