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Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw read more
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.