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But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
