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The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
