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Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
