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The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.