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Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.