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To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
