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An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
