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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
