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You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
