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There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
