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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
