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On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
