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Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
