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We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
