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There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
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There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
