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'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.