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They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke read more
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.