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His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
