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He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
