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'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
