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Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.
If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
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Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.