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Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
