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When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
