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The first dish pleaseth all.
The first dish pleaseth all.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
