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There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
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.
