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The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
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.]
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
