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Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
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Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The way of transgressors is hard.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
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.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.