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His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
