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The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
