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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
