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The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
