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Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has read more
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has passed.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
