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O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Even a child is known by his doings.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
