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There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
