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So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.