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If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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.]
