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Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.