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Still harping on my daughter.
Still harping on my daughter.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
