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Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
