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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Sir Thomas Wyatt

The fire that all things else consumeth clean / May hurt and heal.

The longer life the more offence, / The more offence the greater pain, / The greater pain the less defence, / The less defence the lesser gain.

The shorter life, less count I find, / The less account the sooner made, / The account soon made, the merrier mind, / The merrier mind doth thought evade.

Who judgeth well, well God them send; / Who judgeth evil, God them amend.