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When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.