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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]