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Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
