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Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The comforters head never akes.
The comforters head never akes.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.