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Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
