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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
