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Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
