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Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
If you must flie, flie well.
If you must flie, flie well.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
