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To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
