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Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
