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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
