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Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
