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That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
