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This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
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Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
