Present Government Grievous.

Men are suspicious, prone to discontent:
Subjects still loathe the present government.

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is known for his book of poems, "Hesperides," which includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." His works are noted for their clarity, simplicity, and musical quality. Herrick was also a vicar of Dean Prior in Devon, despite being ejected during the English Civil War and later reinstated.

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He that will live of all cares dispossess'd,
Must shun the bad, aye, and suspect the best.

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Contention.

Discreet and prudent we that discord call
That either profits, or not hurts at all.

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Two of a thousand things are disallow'd:
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Revenge.

Man's disposition is for to requite
An injury, before a benefit:
Thanksgiving is a burden and a pain;
Revenge is pleasing to us, as our gain.

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Evil.

Evil no nature hath; the loss of good
Is that which gives to sin a livelihood.

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Ill Government.

Preposterous is that government, and rude,
When kings obey the wilder multitude.

Robert Herrick

Suspicion Makes Secure.

He that will live of all cares dispossess'd,
Must shun the bad, aye, and suspect the best.

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Contention.

Discreet and prudent we that discord call
That either profits, or not hurts at all.

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Two Things Odious.

Two of a thousand things are disallow'd:
A lying rich man, and a poor man proud.

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Revenge.

Man's disposition is for to requite
An injury, before a benefit:
Thanksgiving is a burden and a pain;
Revenge is pleasing to us, as our gain.

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Evil.

Evil no nature hath; the loss of good
Is that which gives to sin a livelihood.

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