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A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
