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A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Check disease in its approach.
Check disease in its approach.
