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Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
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.