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Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
