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In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
