Richard Greville
Richard Greville
cannot clever help
You should never be clever but when you cannot help it
alone heart honour saints
If in my heart all saints else be defaced, / Honour the shrine where you alone are placed.
born condition created forbidden humanity oh
Oh wearisome condition of humanity! / Born under one law, to another bound: / Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity; / Created sick, commanded to be sound.
act cheat foolishly last laugh men sensibly talk
Some men talk sensibly and act foolishly, some talk foolishly and act sensibly; the first laugh at the last, the last cheat the first.