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Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
