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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
