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Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
