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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
