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But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
