Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.

Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.

The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.

The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.

In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]

The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.

The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

For many are called, but few are chosen.