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What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
