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Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.