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Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
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.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
