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But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
