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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

R. Southwell

Few have all they need, none all they wish.

He that high growth on cedars did bestow, / Gave also lowly mushrooms leave to grow.

In some things all, in all things none, are crossed.

Pikes are caught when little fish go by.

That net that holds no great, takes little fish.

The loom of Fortune weaves the fine and coarsest web.

We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May; / Yet grass is green when flowers do fade away.

When sun is set the little stars will shine.