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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
That which two will, takes effect.
That which two will, takes effect.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
