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The moon is made of a green cheese.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
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.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
