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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
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.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
You shall never want rope enough.
You shall never want rope enough.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.