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I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
