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There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
