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Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
