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Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.