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They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
