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A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
