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Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
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He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
