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Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
