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Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.