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Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
