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Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
