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Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
