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A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
