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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.