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He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
