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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).