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Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
