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Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
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It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
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