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Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
