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The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
The resolved minde hath no cares.
The resolved minde hath no cares.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
