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Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
