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A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
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He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
