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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]