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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.