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Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
