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Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
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Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
