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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.