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He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
