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Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Love is the true price of love.
Love is the true price of love.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
