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He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
