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The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.