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Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.