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Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the
matter.
Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the
matter.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.