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After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
