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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
