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He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.