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Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
