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To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
A little labour, much health.
A little labour, much health.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
