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Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
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One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
