Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.

The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

A house and a woman sute excellently.

A house and a woman sute excellently.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to read more

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to the devil.