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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
