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The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!