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Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
