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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.
The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
