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Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
