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Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.