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The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
