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Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
