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In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
to leave it to boys to enjoy read more
In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.
The noise is greater then the nuts.
The noise is greater then the nuts.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
