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Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
