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Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.