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O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
