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Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
