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Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
