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That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
