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I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
