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Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.